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New professional indemnity requirements for licensed agents in NSW

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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May 14 2013

The Property, Stock and Business Agents Regulation 2003 (NSW) has been amended to regulate what professional indemnity insurance licensees (including

Informal system of cleaning satisfactory a win for the defendant

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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May 22 2013

Judgment in the matter of Ryland v QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited 2013 NSWCA 120 was handed down on 3 May 2013. The Plaintiff in this matter

‘Principal owes no duty’; Stevens v Brodribb stands the test of time

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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June 4 2012

One might say, rightly, that the law governing when a principal might owe an employee of an independent contractor a duty of care is well settled

Claiming legal professional privilege for loss adjuster reports

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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March 12 2012

Often in cases involving property damage, insurers will engage a loss adjuster to provide a report on the cause of the damage

Nominal defendant’s right to “set-off” damages: Murison & anor v Nominal Defendant 2012 QSC 221

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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October 18 2012

Pursuant to the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld) (MAIA), damages for personal injuries or death are recoverable from the Nominal Defendant (the ND) if the vehicle at fault is uninsured

Proportionate liability

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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May 22 2013

The High Court has finally considered the issue of proportionate liability and how the relatively untested mechanisms of this new regime imposed by

Six year personal injury limitation period confirmed

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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October 29 2012

In our October 2011 Insurance Update, we alerted you to the Queensland District Court decision of Norris v Daniel & Ors, which involved a claimant being granted a 3 year extension to the usual 3 year limitation period applying to personal injuries claims

Case report BOS International (Australia) Ltd v Babcock & Brown International Pty Ltd

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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February 13 2012

BOS International (Australia) Ltd v Babcock & Brown International Pty Ltd 2011 NSWSC 1382 is the latest in a series of recent cases concerning the obligations of an insured to make public the existence and details of it insurance

Trio Capital keeps giving

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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June 28 2012

In May a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services concluded its report into the collapse of Trio Capital Ltd which will have significant repercussions for financial lines insurers in Australia